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"This is hot tea, please enjoy."
In the room, Asia respectfully served the tea.
Asia was pure but not foolish.
Ophis must be a heavyweight figure, right? Otherwise, Akira wouldn't be paying so
much attention to her.
So, she chose to watch quietly; if Akira didn't need her, she wouldn't speak.
After all, Akira was her benefactor who took her in.
After being expelled by the church and losing her identity as a saintess, Asia had seen
the ups and downs of life during her time of wandering.
So when Akira said to her, "I need you. I think you're beautiful, and your abilities are
useful. Can you become my subordinate?" she felt an unprecedented sense of
security.
Unconditional kindness is indeed moving, but what reassured Asia even more was
this clear relationship of supply and demand.
....
"Thank you."
Akira took a sip of tea and calmly looked at Ophis in front of him.
Ophis's black hair fell down, and her unfocused eyes exuded a tranquil aura.
Unlike her image in the anime where she wore shorts, Ophis was dressed in a black
loli dress and stood barefoot on the floor.
As the Dragon God, even barefoot on the ground, Ophis's little feet were as smooth as
jade and looked quite delectable.
The little toes of the Dragon God seemed to be delicately carved from white jade by a
craftsman, curling and swaying from time to time as if playing some rhythm.
Undoubtedly, this scene would make certain individuals with special preferences
salivate.
Swallowing hard, Akira opened Ophis's panel.
[Name: Ophis (♀)]
[Level: lv??? (Level exceeds host by 100 levels; cannot be viewed.)]
[Attribute Evaluation: (Level exceeds host by 100 levels; cannot be viewed.)]
[Overall Evaluation: A+ level Dragon God.]
[Total Evaluation: Born from the chaos of the dimensional gap, exiled from the
dimensional gap by the Red Dragon Emperor, seeking to return to her homeland; thus,
she is looking for a contractor who can help her in the human world.]
After reading Ophis's data, Akira got straight to the point.
"Ophis, since you call me Ddraig, I won't hide it anymore."
"Yes, I do possess the 'Red Dragon Emperor's cage hand.'"
Akira extended his left hand forward, and red and green light illuminated the entire
room.
[Boost!]
A red gauntlet embedded with exquisite green gemstones appeared.
"....."
Ophis remained silent.
Since Akira summoned the "Red Dragon Emperor's cage hand," she hadn't said a
word.
After observing the cage hand for a full half-minute,
Ophis finally spoke slowly.
"Ddraig... is dead?"
Ophis sensed the masterless dragon soul within the artifact.
It had no consciousness left; saying it was dead was entirely reasonable.
"Yes, he is dead. However, his death has granted this artifact greater potential."
Akira answered truthfully.
"Greater potential?"
Ophis tilted her head slightly, intrigued.
If Ddraig could take another step forward, he could help her out.
"Yes, greater potential."
"The newly born Red Dragon Emperor's cage hand has the ability to absorb other
dragon souls and grow stronger."
"Absorb dragon souls? ...Interesting..."
Ophis didn't care whether Ddraig was truly dead or not.
After all these years, she had seen enough deaths among dragon-kind at the Heavenly
Dragon level.
She only cared about whether Ddraig's artifact could become stronger.
.....
"The new Ddraig—if you can provide me with proof, I will acknowledge your identity
as my contractor and grant you 'the Serpent.'"
Ophis lightly raised her small hand in a gesture of bestowing grace as a superior being.
Akira smiled wryly.
"Ophis, first of all, I am not Ddraig nor some new Ddraig."
"Secondly, if I can prove it, I don't want your serpent. I just want you to promise me
that when I need help getting rid of those who threaten me, you'll protect my safety."
Initially, Akira planned for Ophis to follow him around.
But... considering that if Ophis went missing, Cao Cao would go mad and that the
Underworld would pursue him relentlessly for answers, he abandoned that idea.
Ophis had the ability to kill his enemies; however, she didn't have perfect protective
capabilities.
Once it was revealed that Ophis was following him around, regardless of whether
Ophis was in danger or not, his level of danger would definitely increase severalfold.
Until he reached or surpassed Demon King level himself, it would be better to keep a
low profile.
An open attack is easy to dodge; hidden arrows are hard to defend against.
A single dose of "Samael" poison could take down Vali who could use "Boosted Gear."
Although Akira wasn't afraid of Samael's "poison," he couldn't guarantee that others
wouldn't use different means against him.
Considering all these factors led Akira to abandon his initial idea of having Ophis
follow him around.
He would live a low-profile life while rapidly growing stronger; when faced with
problems he couldn't solve himself—he would summon Ophis—that was the safest
approach.
....
"Alright."
"If you don't want 'the Serpent,' then so be it~"
"As long as you sign a contract with me and become my contractor, I will help you
when you need it." Ophis acknowledged Akira's statement as well.
After all, creating "the Serpent" might not cost her anything but was also quite boring
for her.
Just as Ophis agreed, Agumon rushed over holding a container carrying an artifact.
[Akira! I got what you asked for from the fallen angels!]
Yesterday, Chiba still had quite a few dragon-type artifacts around him.
Unfortunately, after acquiring the Red Dragon Emperor's cage hand, Chiba absorbed
all those dragon-type artifacts cleanly in one go.
So he had no choice but to send Agumon to fetch something from Mitelt now.
"Ophis, this... is what we call proof."
Chiba took out the artifact "Dragon Hand."
The red glow illuminated the entire room.
The artifact "Dragon Hand" transformed into pure energy and surged into the "Red
Dragon Emperor's cage hand."
[Taken!]
Accompanied by a notification sound from the Red Dragon Emperor's cage hand, a
warm current flowed through Chiba's body.
A few seconds later,
Ophis released her small hand that had been gripping the Red Dragon Emperor's cage
hand tightly.
"Good....."
"I acknowledge your identity as my contractor."
Although it was just a slight increase in power; indeed, the Red Dragon Emperor's cage
hand had become stronger.
....
"Since we have become contractors then Ophis; let me give you a gift~" Chiba
relaxed and smiled.
"A gift? What kind of gift?"
Ophis tilted her head in confusion but intrigued.
"Agumon! Did you get what I asked for?"
[Coming! Coming!]
Agumon was quite adept at running errands.
"Eh!? What is this?"
Asia looked at what Agumon was holding with her face turning bright red instantly.
"It's panties."
"Asia! You probably don't know this but Ophis... actually doesn't wear any panties."
Chiba revealed a truth about the DXD world: The Infinite Dragon God has no panties!
"Eh??!!"
Realizing what Chiba was about to do made Asia's eyes widen in shock.
She instinctively wanted to stop him but didn't know what to say.
After all—putting panties on a loli who doesn't wear any is an act of justice!
"Ophis! Raise your leg," Chiba said while holding up blue and white panties.
"Hmm...."
Ophis gently nodded in agreement.
In fact, she had also been pondering something since yesterday.
When she saw Asia fall in front of her earlier that day,
Ophis noticed white fabric under Asia's skirt at that moment.
That was something she lacked herself.
So knowing that Chiba's gift was something she lacked—a fabric under her skirt—
made Ophis very happy.
,,,,,,,
Although she felt very happy about it; Ophis couldn't express her emotions well.
In the end, she merely curled up her lips slightly and gently hugged Chiba's head—that
was all there was to it.
Since Chiba was squatting in front of her at that moment; it made it easy for her to hug
his head comfortably.
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